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AI safety is mostly a sex cult

344 points · 330 comments · Tomte

  1. alexgieg · · focus · HN ↗
    There are better ways to make this criticism. The main problem I see with this is that it's basically a long ad hominem, followed by some valid concerns about market concentration at the end.

    Remove all the ad hominem and what remains is two paragraphs long. Valid ones, though.

    1. skygazer · · focus · HN ↗
      Do you mind excerpting the valid two paragraphs?
      1. alexgieg · · focus · HN ↗
        That was a figure of speech. It boils down to the fact that, by asking for laws mandating AI research to slow down, the incumbent Big AI firms get regulatory capture and cartel power, which might be the real motivation underlying the apocalyptic language (follow the money and all that).
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